Vocabulario TOEFL

to make certain that something happens or is the case

确保；保证

A business or organization engaged in commercial activity.

企业；从事商业活动的业务组织

To keep people interested or amused through a performance, activity, or story.

使感兴趣；使愉快；通过表演、活动或故事吸引并取悦受众

Activities, performances, or content intended to interest or amuse people.

娱乐；旨在使人感兴趣或愉快的活动、表演或内容

completely or in every part of the respect being discussed

完全地；全部地

legal right to receive a specified benefit or service

依法享有的福利或服务权利

A person who starts or organizes a business, taking on uncertainty and responsibility in pursuing an opportunity.

创业者；为把握机会而创办或组织企业，并承担不确定性和责任的人

Relating to starting or developing a business by recognizing opportunities and organizing resources.

创业的；与发现机会、组织资源以创办或发展企业有关的

disease occurrence above expected level in population

流行；疾病流行

study of distribution and determinants of population health

流行病学

Memory of personally experienced events, including their setting and a sense of having lived through them.

情景记忆；关于亲身经历及其情境的记忆

the same in amount, size, degree, or status in the relevant comparison

相等的；相关数量、程度或地位相同的

principle of equal treatment by the law

平等保护

imaginary line at zero latitude

赤道

A market state in which the quantity supplied equals the quantity demanded at the prevailing price.

均衡；在当前价格下供给量与需求量相等的市场状态

Equality in value, meaning, or function, not necessarily identity.

等值；等效；在价值、意义或功能上的相当

having the same value, function, or effect in the respect being considered

等效的；在相关价值或作用上相等的

gradually wear away soil or rock

侵蚀；被侵蚀

wearing away and movement of soil or rock by natural agents

侵蚀；侵蚀搬运

release lava, gas, or ash from a volcano

（火山）喷发

A structured piece of writing that develops ideas about a particular subject.

论说文；课程论文

A question that requires an extended written answer explaining or discussing a topic.

论述题；需要较长篇幅解释或讨论的题目

completely necessary for a particular purpose or result

必不可少的；必要的

to show through evidence or investigation that something is true or exists

证实；确定；确立

to calculate or judge an approximate amount, value, or size when an exact figure is unavailable

估计；估算

partly enclosed coastal water mixing river water and seawater

河口；河口湾

Relating to a group connected by a perceived shared cultural background, ancestry, language, or traditions.

族裔的；与共同文化背景相关的

A social identity associated with a perceived shared cultural background, such as ancestry, language, or traditions.

族裔身份；与共同祖源、语言或传统等文化背景相关的认同

The tendency to judge other cultures by the standards of one's own, often treating one's own culture as superior.

民族中心主义；以本文化标准评价其他文化的倾向